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Convair 990 N5603

8 August 1970 · Acapulco, Mexico · Serious injuries

Summary

On 8 August 1970 at about 00:02 local time, a Convair 990 registered N5603, operated by Modern Air Transport, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Acapulco, Mexico. 8 people were on board and 8 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:02
Classification
Accident
Location
Acapulco, Mexico
Nearest airport
Acapulco
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Convair 990
Registration
N5603
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
4
Operator
Modern Air Transport, Inc.
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
New York, Ny → S
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
1-0051

People

8 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
8 0 8 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVTOF MEXICO.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Convair 990 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
22 Feb 1969 Convair 990A
N5609
Miami, Florida, United States
no coordinates
Modern Air Transport, Inc. No injuries -
29 Jul 1969 Convair 990
N5614
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
no coordinates
American Airlines, Inc. No injuries -
10 Sep 1973 Convair 990
N7876
Agana, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.
no coordinates
California Air Minor injuries -
23 Feb 1966 Convair 990
N5615
Ft Worth Texas, Texas, United States
no coordinates
American Airlines, Inc. Serious injuries -

All 5 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
11 Jan 1970 Piper PA-31
N9209Y
San Lucas, Mexico
no coordinates
Nystrom Aviati No injuries -
17 Jan 1970 Piper PA-20
N7312K
Nogales, Mexico
no coordinates
- No injuries -
25 Jan 1970 Cessna 175
N7270M
Chihuahua, Mexico
no coordinates
- No injuries -
3 May 1970 Beechcraft D18S
N287W
Los Moachis, Mexico
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
23 Feb 1970 Piper PA-22
N3507P
Sonora, Mexico
no coordinates
- No injuries -
19 Mar 1970 Mooney M20E
N3408X
Chihuahua, Mexico
no coordinates
- No injuries -

All 939 records in Mexico